Education efforts may contribute to wider acceptance of human papillomavirus self-sampling.

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Published in Int J Womens Health on February 02, 2015

Authors

Victoria Crofts1, Emmanuel Flahault1, Pierre-Marie Tebeu2, Sarah Untiet3, Gisèle Kengne Fosso2, Michel Boulvain3, Pierre Vassilakos4, Patrick Petignat3

Author Affiliations

1: Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
2: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Center Hospital, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
3: Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
4: Geneva Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Geneva, Switzerland.

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